St. Louis Cardinals Dress

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A couple of years ago, I made a dress out of my old Pujols t-shirt (see post here).  I recently got the urge to redo this dress into something more practical.  I wanted to make it a cute strapless dress, but I'm not in a "strapless dress" kind of place these days.  I am always carrying a toddler on my hip, so wearing a strapless dress means that at any given time my top half will be exposed.

I wanted it to be a dress that I could wear to Cardinals games as well as around the house.  Since I live in maxi dresses in the summer, I turned my dress into a maxi (that can also be shortened later if I so desire).

I cut the bottom half of the old dress off, removed the ribbons and started from scratch with a cut off t-shirt.  I added the gray and white striped fabric for the bottom, then I made a "belt" with navy blue jersey knit and stitched it on.  After much debate about what to do with the top, (keep it as a tank, make it a halter, go strapless?) I decided to keep it as a tank and turn under the edges.  Once I figured out what I wanted, the whole process took me just an afternoon.  

I couldn't be happier with the way it turned out.  Maybe eventually I'll make that strapless dress....







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